Responses to Issues Raised at Education Town Hall Meetings

www.ctlonline.org. Questions from the flyer: 1. Expectations of Schools: With CTL’s background in mind, we expect schools to develop the full capacities of students by engaging them in rigorous and interesting work that has application to the world beyond the school. ...
The Complexity of Changing Outcomes for Students

The Complexity of Changing Outcomes for Students

Carnegie Commons Blog: It’s Complex). The author notes that we use the phrase it’s complicated often in our speech, but what we are really talking about are small barriers that get in the way of our accomplishing something we already know how to do.  Changing...
From September to Now:  20th Anniversary Take-Aways

From September to Now: 20th Anniversary Take-Aways

th Anniversary Education Forum.  Our hope was that participants would engage in discussion about actions they could take to address these themes and in doing so, improve educational opportunity for students.  A few weeks ago I sent to all participants a video...
Inventing the Next 20 Years: Education Panel Discussion

Inventing the Next 20 Years: Education Panel Discussion

What does the future hold for public education, and how can we shape the future to ensure that all our students benefit? A panel of expert educators and policy makers offered their suggestions built around the three themes of CTL’s 20th Anniversary Education Forum and...
How to Achieve Systems Change: Action Steps

How to Achieve Systems Change: Action Steps

While my colleagues and I were planning CTL’s 20th Anniversary Education Forum and Celebration, we recognized that the three themes central to inventing the next 20 years of education—equity, innovation and systems change—were not separate but rather interrelated....